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as Castlegar News february 22, 1989

BUSINESS

Tax books offer tips

By DAVID PADDON

“The Canadian Press

Tax books are like tulips. They bloom early each

year, thrive fora few weeks, then they're gone — buried
outot sight until next year

In some ways, these books all cover’ the same

ground

gains, comp

among the 1

Registered retirement savings plans, capital

ny cars, farms, marriage and divorce are
BY Lopies Mentioned in practically every

tax book Gh the market

4 mistake to think every book is

Some are better fot

ers who know little about ingome tax. Some are

But it would be
Squally good Tor Very reader
begir
better for middle orlow income earners. Some are
better written

With hourly rates for accountants starting at $50
for the simplest work, tax books offer a relatively inex
pensive source ol advive

But be
quickly and they
may simply not understand their complex advice. I in

careful, Tax books can become outdated

can be wrong or incomplete, OF you
doubt, check tout. You may not negd to see an accoun
tant, but at least look at another tax book for confir
mation or clarification

Also bear in mind that Revenue Canada hasg lot of
explain tax Particularly

free literature 10 nicetie

noteworthy this year are 11 new tax guides of special
concern to immigrants and emigrants, farmers, fisher
men and parents, among others
Here's a roundup of tax books whigh have been
written for the 1988 tax year and try to reflect change
introduced last year by Fir Minister Michael
Witsorr

Reduce The Tax You Pay: Accounting firm Deloit

{ Sells has produced an exceller

lajor tax-planning concepts suct
deferral (paying tax later rather than sooner) and ii

come splitting (mov ing income from a taxpayer in a high

Lax bracket toa spouse or child ina low tax bracket.) The
ers. And the
its Op:

book uses plenty of examples to help-begi
book Lakes pains to explain how it calculates var
tions. (Published by Key Porter, $9.98, 227 pages.)
Mike Grenby’s Tax Tips: Financial planner Mike
Grenby attempts, with, inixed success, to: rélieve the
dreariness of tax tine with cartoons, clear writing and
pertinent examples. His book advises waitresses, for in
stance, to keep careful records of their tips in a
rk. Otherwise

afhount of tips Hsted as income is too low

1 skeptical auditor could say the
Without

FecorUs, The BOOK Says, he WANTESS as Tittle proorshe

noteb

was right. The book begins major chapters with general

advice on the topic, then dev ores about a page t6 specific
tax tips. (Self-Counsel Press, $7:95, 256 pages.)
Personal Tax Adviser: This is a Straight-talking book
from accounting titm Price Waterhouse, When special
tay-térms-are-used, they're explained and an exaneple is
given. When numbers are used, the arithmetic is shown
And the book state

step by step. its case clearly. Its

chapter on automobile expenses, for example, gives this
advice“ H-you pravide your own-car-to.use in. yourem
ployer’s business, you have two primary concerns — are
you allowed to deduct your expenses? And will allowan
ces or reimbursements received from your employer be
inctuded in- your income-tor-tax purposes?’ Several
pages are devoted to answering these questions. Com
pact and well-designed with boldface tax tips, this is a

useful tool for beginners. (Seal, $5.9, 199 pages.)

Others: Various books on the market are directed
ai more knowledgeable readers, Among those are
Preparing Your Income Tax Return, by accounting firm
Ayihur Andersen and Co. (CCH Canadian, $14.95, 500
The Canadian Per
1988-89, by accounting firm Thorne Ernst and Whinney
(De Boe 210 pages); Tax Tips For Your 1988
Return, by Peter Rowan-L eg
the accounting firm Touche Re

pages): onal Tax Planning Guide

$9.95

and Douglas Connell of

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- Earnings decline

Seminar
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businesses

With the cost of computer hardware
and software getting lower each year,
mpre and more small businesses in the
Castlegar area are becoming depen
damon the use. of computer
technology to remain competitive in
their industries

The problem, however, has been'the
lack of training on how to use these
computers in a busingss environment
Many businesses own computers that
are used inefficiently, or sometimes
not used at all because of the lack of ef
fective training

Deloitie Haskins and Sells, working
in conjunction with Employment a
Immigration Canada, has developed a
10-day
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séminar ‘designed to give

The seminar

is useful for businesses that are com

to use a microcomputer
mitted to purchasing a microcomputer
or already own a microcomputer

The seminar has been
throughout B.C
ting firm Soligo Koide and John has
irranged to have Deloitte Haskins and
Sells present the seminar in Castlegar

taught

and the local accoun

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the period March 15-17, 20-23, and 29.
31

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Do-you have

adequate
coverage?

anucks

set new

team record

By GRANT KERR
Canadian Press

VANCOUVER There's little
doubr the fans* choice ar the Pacific
Coliseum this winter is a venerable,
balding defenceman affectionately
called Dirty Harry by admiring team
mates. ‘

Harold Snepsts, at 34 doing his
second tour of duty with the Van
couver Canucks, was brought back b
management by popular demand

Fans chant ‘‘Har-old, Har-old
everytime he takes a shift for the in
proving National Hockey League
team

And when Shepst amed one of

Tuesday
Blues, the

the game's stars, a "
night against the S'
ovation is almost deat
Snepsts- anchored the Wancouver
defence by taking a regular shift for the
first time in weeks when
Canucks blanked the
Oto set a team record of six consecutive
victories,
“Dm lucky sta team tha
didn’t get the said the
satisfied Sney a can_oaly

skate 10 yards with the pick before

by the Detroit Red Wings. Most
nights, when he’s healthy, he only kills
penalties. But an Paul
Reinhart has ted to more ice time for
defensive specialists like Snepsts and
Melynk

I've been sort of an. anonymous

injury to

player most of my career,"’ said the
almost shy Melnyk, “I'd rather stay in -
the background
It's nice to gain a little respec
labiJity, not only around the league,
but in the city
CLOSER KNIT
Melnyk, 28, who feuded with head
‘coach Bob McCammon at times last
cason, said he respects McCammon
for making the Canucks a more
hesive team
It’s no secret we didn’t get along,”*
Melnyk- said

coach when he comes back and makes:

Ht says a lot for the

mean assistant captain.”

McLean wasn’t really tested by the
Blues as both teams had just 21 shots
on goal. It was his second shutout of
the season and his fifth straight. vic
tory -

Mclean, 15-11-2 for the season, has
allowed only eight goals in the five star

puters in their business,"” sdid Susan

Crestbrook Fe dustr 4 he tourth quarter, but be > firm 4 4 «0
quarter, i dividend of 30 cenis giving itup ting assignments,

ill he paid

Davidson of computer services with

has reported y r ar. Pulp on Marh 30 to shareholders The stirring effort by Sner n his The big factor again was our

inued on March}

sales of $59,630,000 for the fo throughou urth qua ‘ s stries Lid

of record

the Vancouver office of

Deloitte .
Deloitt 1Sth NHL season and Ith in Van

Renew With Us!
CASTLEGAR SAVINGS
INSURANCE

ys

683,000 or $1.01 per common share tron ‘ he
x 1.01F mmon shar rong defensive play,” he said. “I had a

Haskins and Sells. ‘*We are not trying Close check A toomis player goes after a Valley Viking last night in Castlegar Gentlemen's Hockey gouveh,. hae bubbed younger chance 10'se¢ most of the shots, which
to make programmers out of these League action at Pioneer Arena. The Vikings ended up winning the contest 9-3. —cesnews photo by Nick All teammates. Vangouver is ona roll that, _makesa big difference

fading Blues lost their

quarter of 1988 ‘ forest_resources of the
the rec . olenay region businessmen. We want them to be able

fifth
straight to remain in a second-place tie
with the Chicago Blackhawks in the
Norris
ahead of the Minnesota North Stars.

This is | could carry the Canucks to their first The

to understand how the computer can layoff b
playoffapps we in three years

STAYING CLOSE
Goals by defencemen Larry Melnyk

third quarter earnings of $9,

h Columbia and
$1.25 per common share on sales ued or hi r 1. forest be used as-@'tool to make them more
$67,294,000. The declit brook Forest Indust

and sales _ reflec 1 ), anno hat the con logee

z . competitive in theirindustry
employing 300 people F Division standings, a (point

NEW LIONS PRESIDENT

Fieldgate fills in

By GRANT KERR
Canadian Press
VANCOUVER

has beer a B.C

60 skiers
take part
in Loppett

By SANDRA HARTMAN

The fifth Annual Troll Loppet of the
Nordic Ski Touring Club took place on
Saturday, February 18 at Nancy
Greene Lake. There were 60 com
petitors. Fifteen men skied the 40 km
course for ‘*Men’s Gold’’, and three
women skied 30-km for-**Women's
Gold."" Twenty
awards were won
Seven eight- to 12-year-olds com
pleted 15 km for the ‘Super Troll”
award, while six ‘Tiny Trolls”’ (seven

lumber, ply wood-vencer and Doug Lidster in the first period

plus the shutout goaltendin St. Louis coach Brian Sutter was
McLean, kept the Canucks

seven points of the third-place Edmon

market and lowe

ud bleached krateg

Shareholders to
vote on proposal

Poperation
furious that his players didn't put in

stronger efforts in their first of four

company new

601-18th St.,
Castlegar
365-3368

Hwy. 6
Slocan Park
226-7216

A new company
games on the road

We needed that second and third

earnings wa’ ton Oilers in the Smythe Division race

BENISSIMey

nings for thg y It also incteased Vancouver's lead tc

$4.03 per con
$250,918,000

effort, and it just wasn’t there,”” said
Sutter. ‘Vancouver's goals-against

récord indicates just how good they've

rine points over the last-place Win

Canada, the B.C. Pavilion Corp., Thi it’s a volun
which manages B.C
and theCFL orked harder than | thought I'd have
Lion at heart for 35 The corporate lawyer told a news to
didn't get the pink
fellow
Monday

not a career nipeg Jets, who have three games ir

$250.18 000 nce ——— Place Stadium, — {eer circumstance,” said Hogan. {*1 hand
: Norm Fieldgate seit? I
Us nice to have

about—us

people
rather thay
aid Snepsts

saying been playing.””
Canuck Vancouver winger

Greg Adams reinjured his left knee in

earnings of $26,748,000 or
~ a8 : good thing notes
dcohGldeik: will bewcked years, since the expansion franchise conference he Hogan said the Lions can break even faving: (ean meetin

“When t

bring

$238,942 ,000.
from directors, but 6.9 million budget in

1989, providing the team gets a decent

tWo-lor-one: vest tirman and chief executive played its first football game, in 1954 slip on a propose the second period and didn’t return
Vancouver plays at home Thursday
against the Toronto Maple Leafs

The Canucks have 26 wins,-one more
than last season ... With 59 points, the

Canucks have equalled their output of

want to
when he wasa rookie pre resigned late night f
Now the re

president Jim Hogan has opened the

The increase

common officer Gordon I
' Py . * . . ” ignation of ¢ J pusiness ud person easons a r I vi ya y y :

; Your Satisfaction is Our Main Concern nation of club busin and personal reason tal break tony The pavilion” cor _ psychologists to explai

and reduced fina one year in the presidency silver and bronze ’

Tesutting tron strome-castr

Oran ‘This yeat we haven't needed those

Vancouver DEAL POSSIBLI
They can expect some kind of

* said Mike

president of the Crown cor

door for the return of the former-z Ficldgate is a North Pach
1 c pate stings Ii feels just great
compar star linebacker toa position of higher ident who owns and operates an ~ oH
nepsts was signed
foundering — auto acessories firm in Vancouver. He — pew arrangement with us, 4

Horsey

poration. ‘They will have access to

the Canadiar wuihority t ‘ :
during the off-season af ¢ previous season

ties: 10 moder s: Canadian Football | eague team 200 games for the Lionsover 14 ring a F .

and under)skied 8 km or twice around

the lake

named rim aso! was named to the

yotball hall of

creased pulp pr Fieldgate w
affected the cor split in president Tue after Hogan st fame in. some of our revenue sources

Rings for the year b

million, the company say

approxima

Lumber price

dinary share into (wo or

ory. The
econd it
making B.C. Tel

eadquarters

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Variety of cars — 4-wheel drive trucks
transports and Burning
Binoculars, indoor-Outdeor

Balls, Flick ‘m Flash and camper lights

bo Wheelers

GIRLS

Piggy Banks, Learn & Play Sets. Dolls

Lil Golden Locks, Sea Trails, Lil
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Gomes. Mini
Baskets

54.99 SALE

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Racers, Mowe Monsters

GIRLS
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SEVEN SALE

Still some ter
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Animal Swampers. $24.99 Now $12.
Mask Electric Train Set
Regular $69.99 Now $27,
Star Com Action Pods $7.99 Now $2.
Various Action Figures From 77€-$2.
New Born Pound Puppies & Purries
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Cabbage Patch Clothes

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Cabbage Patch Ponies 39.99 Now $17

Little Girls Cleaning Sets
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O ORDER.

ped down as a volunteer director g

the team's chief executive officer
The Lions

him 1 biel € one-time J ‘ 1

tcammatel Sonny Homer. ‘Maybe

with Normie there theyll get the ball

are just like a child to

rolling ft we have to cur

Fieldgate, $7, has been a ing te been, that's fine

ce behind the team alume We
association pushing a telephone ticket right money to pay a
blitz this month the creditors

Hogan had been the centre of con
troversy over the proposed sale of the would be a g
debt-ridden Lions to private owner- afford such a person

ship. The Lions have accumulated

atS6 Win ancl ai i ais 2

ated he would prefer

ommunity owned cl with a

d sell to the right person with the

»st an estimated $360,000 in business leds “In

awanth athe

ysaid the Lions can operate ef
r

rental adjustment,

) private owner n stadium revenues from con

term ssions king, private stadium
mmercial signs.

it the way we've

said Fieldgate had received a percen

hose revenues since they

Place in 1983, Hogan

am would be in a surplus

certain dollar to moved in B.C

Fieldgate said a full-time president
ood idea if the club could

We've put something in

Hogan noted he tangible into the province,"” Hogan
ix years the average

gconomic impact on the province is $30

Fhe tiniest troll of all. was S year-old
Andrea Hanley of Castlegar, while the
oldest skier was again Istvan Sooz of
Trail. Soos completed the 40 km
distance for the fifth year ina row

Another skier worthy of mention is
Brian Preston of

seven year-old

Castlegar, who completed 24 km to
earn the men’s bronze award

Local blind skier and Nordic Club
member Debra Bray finished the
challenging 18 km loop guided by
Castlegar skier Conrad Brattebo. Bray
earned a bronze award

Ten-year-old Brad
Castlegar won the draw for the major

Kristian of

Bombers

WINNIPEG (CP)

month after being na:

year in the Cana¢

Mike Riley is gone
The affable head cx

nipeg Blué Bor

headed sout!

defenisive cc

and career Ms

lose Riley

arrived from the San Francisco 49ers
following the team’s Super Bow! vic
tory in Miami, Green was a receivers
coach for the 49ers
Riley will also be
Scott Schuhmann, the Bomber’s of

reuniting wit

fensive line coach last season ‘wh«

jumped to Stanford in January

It was Schuhmann who touted Riley
for the defensive opening e-was
atic with Tuesday's annour

cement

Conede grade A
large
eggs

limit 2 with every $25 in groceries purchosed.

ana99

Vii

import

Cooking
onions

*no.1

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it 1 with every $25 in groceries purchased.

fresh

hot cross
buns

limit 1 with every $25 in groceri

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6 varieties

Schneiders
wieners

limit 1 with every $25 in groceries purchased.

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Wings clip Isles

The Canadian Press
Steve Yzerman may be at the top of the list with Mario
Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky when it comes time to select
the NHI *s most valuable player this season
I'mnot taking anything away from Wayne or Mario,
but Steve Yzerman has to be a strong candidate for MVP,
ays New York Islander
{¥zerman’s act Tuesday night when the visiting

veteran Bryan Trottier, who got a
glimpse «
Detroit Red Wings defeated New York 6-5

Yzerman red his S4th and $5th goals to tie the
Detroit club record for most goals in a season set by John
Oprodnick in HORS, and he added an assist tor 123 porn
by Marcel Dionne in

ssists LO break Dionne's

ts, breaking the team record of
1974-78. Yeerr
team record in that category, completing his sweep

Yzerman, 23, of Cranbrook, B. C., is in his sixth NHI

his bet yet. His previous highest goals total fame

an-needs seven

season
last season when he fired $0 despite missing the last five
weeks of the schedule with a kneww injury

I know how (Glen) Sather telt

all those years

coaching Gretzky," said Detroit coach Jacques Demers, ‘1
feel the same way about Steve. He does everything forus. 1
don’t know if he can get any better

Dave Barr added three goals and Adam Oates one for
the Red Wings. For the Islanders, Derek King scored twice
and Dale Henry, Brent Sutter and Bryan Trottier once
cach. Trottier’s goal was his 485th, breaking a tie with
DarrytSittler ford 7th place on the all-time list

Yzerman made our defence look pretty ordinary
said Islanders coach Al Arbour
Vancouver Canucks 2, St. Louis

Elsewhere, it was

Blues 0; Edmonton Oilers
nesota North Stars 2, Pittsburgh Penguins
Nordiques 4, Winnipeg Jets 3
OILERS 7 WHALERS4
In Edmonton, Mark Messier was shifted to a wing

7, Hariford Whalers 4; Mii
dnd Quebec

from his usual centre position and responded by scoring
four goals to help the Oilers snap a three-game Tosifig
streak. Normand Lacombe added two goals and Randy
Gregg one. Dean Evason, Jody Hult, Grant Jenning and
Ray Ferraro scote for Hartford

“Sometimes a change is as good as a rest,"” said
Messier who-new has 25 goals torihe season.

STARS2 PENGUINS 1

In Pittsburgh, Wally Schreiber scored the winning
goal on a power play at 9:37 of the third period as Min:
nesota ended a four-game losing streak. Dino Ciccarelli
scored his 31st goal of the season
Kari Takko made 37 saves

Penguins, who have lost three ina row to equal theirlongest

Minnesota goaltender
Jock Callander scored for the

losing streak of the season.
NORDIQUES4JETS3
In Quebec City, Michel Goulet tied it 3-3 on a power
play at 12:01 of the second period and Mare Fortier scored
the winner at 18:17 of the second. Walt Poddubny, with his
team-leading 33rd goal, and rookie Joe Sakic, with his
22nd, had the other Quebec goals. Dale Hawerchuk, with a
team-leading 32nd goal, Brent Ashton and Laurie Bosch:
man scored for Winnipeg
Every game is so important for us so, hopefully, we
can use the momentum from tonight and keep playing like

that for the rest of the season,"* Fortier said

prize of the event, a pair of racing ski

from Mallard’s.

Hi Arrow,
Shell play
to 7-7 draw

Clay Martini and John Obetkoff
scored a pair of goals each but it wasn’t
ehough-as-Hi Arrow Armshadtosettle
for a 7-7 tie with Woodland Park Shell
in Castlegar Recreational Hockey
League play Monday night at the
Community Complex

Other Hi Arrow scorers included
Kevin Kirby, Rick Shukin and Chris
Brodman. Hi Arrow assists went to
MacKinnon
Kirby with three

Dean with three
Obetkoff with one
Vince Antignani with one and Martini
with one

Dan Friedel Jed Shell scoreres with a
pair of goals. Wayne Kinakin, Chief
Mercer, Wes MacPherson, Sten Mat
tell and Jim Nazaroff provided the
singles. Kinakin picked up three Shett
assists along with Kelly Keraiff. Mac
Pherson contributed a pair of assists
and Mercer, Randy Carlson, Nazaroff
and Martin Sanders picked up single
helpers

Hi Arrow
tonight at the Complex in the next
CRHL matchup

plays Sandman Inn

think about
telephone f

It has reaaly

Riley led the Bombe
21 win over the B.¢

Cup in Novembe

regular season pl cr
champion: gitey earned coach-of
the-year he dmon.
ton for the ac

All that enough to keep the
35-year-old i nd the CFL

probably p__university
academically States and

has a tradition « ellence,"” he said

PH be surrour di by many, many
football people dow n here
about

I'm not through learning

Tootball T RTI BE exposed TH
many things and enjoy that and learn
ger Cal Mur

Riley well in his

NEW HORIZONS

t's disappointing,"’ Murphy said

at_a press conference in Winnipeg

But as Mike has indicated, it opens
new coaching horizons for him
We're talking about one

major universities in the United State
Stanford is world renowned

Riley will be joir

team at Stanford, which hai

a new coaching
not been a
football power in the U-S. since the
mid 1970s

Head coach Dennis Green recently

aitis aire
individual as a person but he’s also a

Schuhmanr

Tike Tirst o Tstancing

footbal

from_Palo Alto, about SO

metres south of Sar
ave somebody of

Cal Mu

Permission 10
th

Bombers ger
phy said -he
deal with St ie COA
approached last Wednesday

I know itis difficult for somec
lo understand why
elsewhere when he
the ‘Canadian Footba
Murphy said. “But
been in the coaching profession knows

anybody who has

there are certain hotbeds of coaching
in the U.S. The Bay Area is one ‘

Riley had one year remaining on a
Three-year Murphy said
money was not a factor in Riley's
decision and added he did not consider

contract

attemptingto block the move
In his second year as head coach of
the Bombers, Riley guided the team to
9-9 record before roaring through the
playoffs to the dramatic November
championship at Lansdowne Park in
Ottawa
Riley ’s record in 1987 was 12-6 as the
Bombers won the conference title in
their first year in the CFL's Eastern
Division
I's a definite blow to our entire
* said veteran Bomber
placekicker Trevor Kennerd. “Mike is

organization

the most outsjanding coach I've ever

been associated with